Lou Stoppard reports on the Dolce e Gabbana show

Report by Lou Stoppard on 24 February 2013.

‘Tailored Mosaic’ was the title of the collection, and aptly the opening dresses were so ornate they could have been lifted straight off the eye-popping ceiling at Venice’s St Mark's Basilica. From the sweeping red velvet curtains that veiled the stage to the painted holy wine lips on each model, the theatre and performance of religious practice underpinned the collection. One girl even sported a sculptured gold bodice that resembled the kind of ornate chalice from which one takes communion at the altar.